This is some TemplateStyles todo.

Description of work[edit]

The below to do page is the list of styles in MediaWiki:Common.css and friends which are to be converted to TemplateStyles. These are being converted to TemplateStyles for multiple reasons:

  1. To allow ordinary users and administrators to change "sitewide" styles. Editing Common.css is restricted to interface administrators (i.e. not many people) since late 2018, whereas the majority of the styles in the CSS sheet are fairly benign. Accordingly, moving styles to TemplateStyles and out of Common.css allows a much larger set of people to be able to make changes to widely-used styles (all administrators, and even the vast majority of templates are template protected rather than full-protected).
  2. To decrease the page load on all pages. Every style rule in Common.css, whether used or unused on a specific page, is loaded on all pages. For example, if you have made a stub and it has no navboxes, it still gets the styles for navboxes, infoboxes, horizontal lists, and so on (until the list of sets of styles is empty). This means that pages load slightly slower for everyone on all pages.
    1. This hurts most on mobile, which is approximately 2/3 of all pageviews these days.
  3. To return power to style mobile to local editors. Right now, many of our styles in Common.css were not carried over into mobile for a couple reasons.
    1. The primary reason is that MediaWiki:Mobile.css loads after, rather than before, the rest of a specific page. Accordingly, adding styles to it can cause FOUCs ("jumpy pages while loading"), which are generally bad for both user experience, and these days, search engine optimization (you don't really need to care about the second one if you don't want to).
    2. The second reason is that the WMF has more or less picked up the slack that has created in how our pages look on mobile.
    Now, whether you like the mobile styles or not, it is probably the case that the editors onwiki should decide how the wiki should appear on mobile.

Migrating requires three broad steps (which do not necessarily happen in this order or sequentially):

  1. Migrating the templates and modules (most-)associated with each of the classes in Common.css to use, or allow the use, of TemplateStyles.
    1. (Or for some templates/modules, removing the class entirely from sitewide CSS and using inline styles instead of TemplateStyles. This is most common with substed templates, which TemplateStyles are not great with.)
  2. Migrating the large number of non-templates and non-modules which use the classes in Common.css to use the template or module instead of the class. (Sometimes this necessitates removing the use entirely rather than migration.) This migration is because in #3, we:
  3. Remove the styles from Common.css.

Edits of the type as in #1 mostly happen in the background as editors of templates are basically the only ones who need to be interested in those.

However, edits of the type in #2 happen outside the template and module spaces. A consequence of #3 is that pages with the manual classes invoked will lose their styling if an appropriate template is not in place to provide that styling.

Editors performing this kind of edit are doing their best to replace uses of a class with the appropriate template. They won't always get it right, so if you see them get it wrong or in a way you don't like, either endeavor to correct the edit if you know how, or ask the editor about making a better change, in preference to reverting if at all possible.

Infobox[edit]

Mainspace

Some specific categories

What to do?

Modules

50 (20ish true positives)

False positives, but need a module API for Module:Infobox anyway...

Have a module API, just wish it were cleaner (.infobox seems to work?)

Templates

infobox not-table-element 

border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; background-color: #f8f9fa; margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em; padding: 0.2em; float: right; clear: right; font-size: 88%; line-height: 1.5em; width: 22em;

infobox table 

border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; border-spacing: 3px; background-color: #f8f9fa; margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em; padding: 0.2em; float: right; clear: right; font-size: 88%; line-height: 1.5em; width: 22em;

infobox th 

vertical-align: top; text-align: left;

infobox td 

vertical-align: top; text-align: left;

infobox caption 

font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding: 0.2em;

Infoboxes

  1. ((Chembox))
  2. ((Reactionbox))
  3. ((Infobox periodic table group/header))
  4. ((Infobox Chinese/Header))
  5. ((Infobox animanga/Header))
  6. ((Infobox ship))
  7. ((Infobox weather event))
  8. ((Starbox begin))
  9. ((Taxobox/core))
  10. ((WPMILHIST Infobox style))

Medals

  1. ((CompetitionRecordTableTop))
  2. ((MedalBox))
  3. ((MedalTableTop))
  4. ((MedalTop))

Years sidebars

  1. ((Cat topic year))
  2. ((Cathead motorcycle decade))
  3. ((Centuryinbox))
  4. ((Millenniumbox))
  5. ((Year box/core))
  6. ((Year in British Hong Kong))
  7. ((Year in East Germany))
  8. ((Year in Great Britain))
  9. ((Year in Portuguese Macau))
  10. ((Year in South Africa))
  11. ((Year in United Kingdom))
  12. ((Year in West Germany))
  13. ((Year in machinima))
  14. ((Year nav))
  15. ((Year nav sports topic5))
  16. ((Year nav topic))
  17. ((Year nav topic20))

Uncategorized

  1. ((Bit and byte prefixes))
  2. ((Climate chart))
    Finish up Template talk:Climate chart#Module version - just needs strategy for floating insane places that I have written down somewhere
  3. ((GeoGroup))
    Finish up cleaning [1] see also User talk:Izno#Geogroup
  4. ((Graph families defined by their automorphisms))
  5. ((Hebrew punctuation))
  6. ((Hampden County politicians))
  7. ((Worcester County politicians))
  8. ((Table Oghamletters))
  9. ((Equivalent ranks of Indian military)) (check back on)
  10. ((ATC code A)) (check back on)
  11. ((Optical aberration)) (check back on)

Other subject spaces

talk spaces

Plainrowheaders[edit]

There's probably not a lot of automation we could do, so at best something like:

  1. Define ((Plain row headers)) with content <templatestyles src="Plain row headers/styles.css"/>
  2. Define Template:Plain row headers/styles.css with content: 
    .wikitable.plainrowheaders th[scope=row] {
	font-weight: normal;
	/* @noflip */
	text-align: left;
}
  3. Warn external community at phab:T176272 that we're about to do something that might break later
  4. Rename the class in the TemplateStyles version so that it is trivial to see what still needs to be fixed?
    1. Class names also want the dashes in general I think
  5. Request a bot to mass-remove where there is no scope="row" or equivalent on the page in the same bot run.
  6. Request a bot for mass addition, ns0 to start.
    1. Do a mass addition of ((plain row headers)) where the class is present, above each table using the class.
    2. Would do it multiple times per page. This is fine, styles are de-duplicated.
    3. Could be done in the removal step
    4. Could also potentially do the update from collapsible to mw-collapsible with this work, very small intersection overall
    5. Have a discussion at TemplateStyles or VPT
    6. Get BRFA approved
    7. Bot remove Stuff
  7. Work out any remaining uses in ns0 that don't fit some pattern
  8. Remove from Common.css

Nounderlines[edit]

nounderlines, 2k

IPA

class=IPA. 8k (mostly in talk namespace)

Nowrap[edit]

Another 'ew how do we find these'

Nowraplinks

Math fonts[edit]

texthtml basic filter for no-talk-space 2.4k

user signatures ~150 (many many malformed). In October 2023, users actually getting the styles from this class (blocked/deceased users not included):

Retired/inactive/deceased:

SQL for user signatures
USE enwiki_p;
SELECT user_name, up_value
FROM user_properties
JOIN `user` ON user_id = up_user
WHERE
	up_property = "nickname" AND
	up_value LIKE "%texhtml%" AND
	up_user IN (SELECT up_user
				FROM user_properties
				WHERE up_property = "fancysig" AND up_value = 1) 
ORDER BY up_user ASC

'digits' Wide 5k

toccolours[edit]

Honorary addition due to its removal from Vector 2022 styles, see phab:T314254.

In general, the uses should be transitioned to another reasonable class, such as wikitable in mainspace or changed to a template to at least isolate the class name for now. 23.8k all

toc[edit]

Another honorary addition due to its removal from Vector 2022 styles, see phab:T314254

2.2k total

mw-ui[edit]

Do what we can to ease transition to as-yet unknown replacement for wiki content using mw-ui. See phab:T346468.

Probably the use of ((clickable button 2)) needs to stop taking "class" and start taking some sort of "kind" or "type" i.e. kind=progressive or kind=destructive, and then deprecate the use of a direct class.

Uses, less user space and talk space: [2]

Flagicon[edit]

Modules:

Templates

Remnants of things[edit]

Mbox

Merge MediaWiki:Filepage.css upstream, to our own templates, or delete

Done[edit]

User block

On its way out per discussion.

Coordinates

Need to fix up remaining .css pages

Listenlist

Basically only Template:Multi-listen start.

Columns

Have to survey module/template space also, specifically. Not sure of the best way to do that.

Reflist


Monitoring:

Another related monitor

Hide checkboxes 

/* Make it possible to hide checkboxes in <inputbox> */
.inputbox-hidecheckboxes form .inputbox-element,
.inputbox-hidecheckboxes .mw-ui-checkbox {
	display: none !important;
}

Moved to Template:Hide checkboxes.

Visualhide

On its way out per discussion.

Hatnote


NavFrame

WP:NavFrame

NavFrame copy-paste replacements

NavFrame 

mw-collapsible
mw-collapsible mw-collapsed
padding: 4px; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; text-align: center; font-size: 95%;
padding: 4px; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; font-size: 95%;
font-size: 95%;

NavHead 

line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf;
line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; background-color: #ccf;

Wrapper for centered text 

<div style="margin: 0 4em">
</div>

NavContent 

mw-collapsible-content
font-size: 100%;

Bordered images galleries

bordered-images

Misc subcomponents completed

Bordered

Not main not talk 153 insource:"infobox bordered", Not main not talk insource:bordered insource:class insource:infobox -insource:"infobox bordered" 30 Ignoring insource:class...

Geography

And now, we wait.

Found some more: search on bodyclass instead of class

And mainspace (100)

Sisterproject

wikitable/toc hlist 

/* ...unless they also use the hlist class */
.toc.hlist ul,
#toc.hlist ul,
.wikitable.hlist td ul,
.wikitable.hlist td ol,
.wikitable.hlist td dl {
	text-align: inherit;
}

Just need the list at WT:HWY#Cleaning up some 'manual' routes/junctions fixed up and then can remove the wikitable.hlist variants.

  1. Category:1817 in Alabama Territory
  2. Category:1818 in Alabama Territory
  3. Category:1861 in Nevada Territory
  4. Category:1862 in Nevada Territory
  5. Deaths in 1996
  6. Glossary of chemical formulae
  7. List of Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
  8. List of Family Guy episodes
  9. List of South Park episodes
  10. List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes
  11. MediaWiki:Pageinfo-header
  12. Module:Auto compact TOC
  13. Module:Calendar TOC
  14. Module:Large category TOC
  15. Module:TOCyears
  16. Template:ArchitectureInCentury TFD
  17. Template:BooksInCentury TFD
  18. Template:Cat cen nav TFD
  19. Template:Cat dec nav TFD
  20. Template:Compact TOC
  21. Template:Compact TOC election decades
  22. Template:Deaths in month TOC/box
  23. Template:GaelicGamesInCentury TFD
  24. Template:Month links by quarter TFD
  25. Template:NFLDraft-TOC
  26. Template:NovelsInCentury TFD
  27. Template:OperasInCentury TFD
  28. Template:ShortStoriesInCentury TFD
  29. Template:TOC top
  30. Template:ToC2002Pacifichurricaneseason TFD
  31. Template:WHA section TOC TFD
  32. Template:WorksInCentury TFD
  33. Template:WorksInCenturyHeader
  34. Template:YearsInFilmInCenturyHeader
  35. Wikipedia:Template index/Examples

Stuff that is concerning because both cargo-cult and because an issue for here.

  1. Template:Abkhazian presidential elections category/core
  2. Template:Candidates for President of Abkhazia category/core
  3. Template:Candidates for Vice President of Abkhazia category/core
  4. Template:United States presidential elections by state category/core
  5. Template:United States presidential elections category/core

Stuff that is concerning because cargo-cult, but not an issue for here.

  1. Module:CanadaByProvinceCatNav
  2. Module:FooBarHumMigNav
  3. Module:GAAbyCountyCatNav
  4. Module:IrelandByCountyCatNav
  5. Module:IrelandByProvinceCatNav
  6. Template:Year television content category navigation
  7. Template:TOC 2D
  8. Template:IrishCouncilElectionCatNav
  9. Template:Category by decade
  10. Template:Decade television content category navigation
  11. Template:Season by category/core
  12. Template:Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba category/core
  13. Template:Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba category/core
  14. Template:Secretariat of the Communist Party of Cuba category/core
  15. Template:US Congress ordinal category/core

Navbox

Citation

messagebox

Most of the uses outside userspace of messagebox and/or standard-talk are probably due to substed XFD results and a handful of other templates random substed onto talk pages (e.g. ((talk header))). A typical example. We should probably try to unsubst these as best we can.

.messagebox 

style="border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; background-color: #f8f9fa; width: 80%; margin: 0 auto 1em; padding: 0.2em;"

standard-talk

46.9k uses

.messagebox.standard-talk: 

style="border: 1px solid #c0c090; background-color: #f8eaba; width: 80%; margin: 4px auto; padding: .2em;"

cleanup 

style="border: 1px solid #9f9fff; background-color: #efefff; width: 80%; margin: 0 auto 1em auto; padding: .2em; text-align: center;"

compact-ambox

Read:

Modify

mbox (initial)

Have to figure out how to deal with the ambox+ambox rule, but other than that, just have to find the insanity and clean it.

250

these need chasing after

700 no user talk

80

140

tmbox/ombox talk other split with small-talk adjustment: 

((talk other|border: 1px solid #c0c090; background-color: #f8eaba;|border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; background-color: #f8f9fa;)) margin: 4px 0 4px 1em; border-collapse: collapse; box-sizing: border-box; clear: right; float: right; width: 238px; font-size: 88%; line-height: 1.25em;

Final cut

WikiProject banners

Plainlist

Wherein Izno ponders how best to deal with infoboxes. Expanding the styles direct:

The done ones.

Hlist

Hlist templates/modules

Primaries

Secondaries

Others:

hlist-separated

Assess hlist-separated (definition), pretty sure it harms more than helps

Upstream definitions of hlist are:

Based on review of the above, we can remove hlist-separated once hlist/styles.css is deployed in the above templates, and never look back. TemplateStyles should provide the correct view always, due to higher specificity (the addition of .mw-parser-output), by proximity (will be found 'later' in the page), or predominantly, both.

Namespaces

Fake infobox-sidebars removed

More